Hoe



C M. WOLFE.

HOE. FILED FEB. 24, 1922. 2 sHEETs-sHn 1.

INVENTOR ATTO R N EY c; M. WOLFE.

Feb. 6, 1923.

HOE.

FILED FEB.24, 1922.

2 sHE'ETs-SHEET 2.

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ATTORNEY WITNESS:

Patented Feb. 6, 1923:.

CLINTON 11E. \ZVOLFE, O1 COEBUEN, VIRGINIA, ASSIGNOR 0F QNE-EIGHTH TO AUBURN L. P. COBDOE, 9F NQBTDN, VIRGINLA, ONE-EIGHTH T0 JEFFERSON G. RICHARDSON AND ONE-EIGHTH TO CLIETQN ID. ELKINS, BOTH OF HERALD, VIRGINIA, ONE- EIG-HTH T0 "WILEY C. FRAMES, TQNCS CREEK, VIEG-INIA, (BITE-EIGHTH TO JET S. KING AND ONE-EIGHTH TO CHARLES W. SHAFFEB, BOTH OF COEBUEN, VIRGINIA.

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AppIication filed February 24, 1922. Serial No. 538,838.

T 0 all 71, 71,077? it may concern:

Be it known that I, CLIN'roN vi. WOLFE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Coeburn. in the county of FVise and State of Virginia, have inventednew and useful Improvements in Hoes, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to hoes.

An object of the present invention is the provision of an improved hoe which is capable of making a double stroke with a single stroke of the hand, the purpose being to reduce the amount of time and labor necessary for garden work or for mixing materials, such as mortar, cement and the like.

Another object of the invention is the provision of an auxiliary handle, which may be attached to a pair of hoes, so that the latter will function as above stated when used in an ordinary manner.

With the above and other objects in view, the invention further includes the following novel features and details of construction, to be hereinafter more fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings and pointed out in the appended claims.

In the drawings Figure 1 is a side elevation showing the hoes in normal position.

Figure 2 is a similar view with the hoes in the position occupied at the beginning of a backward stroke, with one hoe engaged and the other partly depressed.

Figure 3 is an elevation with both hoes depressed.

Figure 4 is a plan view.

Figure 5 is a transverse sectional view looking at the end of the auxiliary handle and showing the guide for the hoe handles Figure 6'is a detail perspective view of the rocker arm.

Figure 7 is a detail view showing the means for connecting the hoe handles to the auxiliary handle.

Figures 8 and 9 are detail views of the hoe stirrups.

Referring in detail to the drawings, wherein like characters of reference denote corresponding parts, the reference character 10 indicates a pair of hoes of the usual or any preferred type of hand hoe. The handles of these hoes are secured adjacent their ends to an auxiliary handle 11, as indicated at 12, so that the said hoes may be moved relatively to the outer end of the auxiliary handle. Mounted upon the outer end of the auxiliary handle is a guide 13 which is 'disposed substantially at right angles to the said handle and is provided along its opposite side edges with recesses 14 within which the handles of the hoes 10 move. The end walls of the recesses 14; provide shoulders or stops 15 to limit the movement of the hoe handles.

Pivotally mounted within the guide 13 and extending longitudinally of the auxiliary handle 11 is a rocker arm 16, while located at each end of this arm and extending laterally therefrom in opposite directions is a stirrup 17. The handles of the hoes 10 are received within these stirrups and are permitted a movement longitudinally of the guide 13 through the action of the rocker arm 10.

The handle of one of the hoes 10 is preferably of a more resilient character than that of the other hoe and its blade will be depressed below the plane of the blade of said other hoe, as shown in Figure 1 of the drawings. In securing the hoes, one hoe is extended beyond the other hoe, so that in use the inner and lowermost hoe blade will be first engaged. Immediately after such engagement, the usual stroke will move both hoes backward and at the same time the extended hoe'blade will be descending so as to engage before the rearward stroke has been completed, the mortar or other material being mixed, will thus be forced over into the path just traversed by the innermost hoe blade. moved in a reverse direction and their action will thus be reversed, so that practically two inward strokes of the hoesare accomplished by a single inward stroke of the hand and two outward strokes are accomplished by a single outward stroke of the hand. The time and labor necessary for the mixing of various material, is thus reduced.

The invention is susceptible of various The hoes may then be changes in its form, proportions and minor details or construction and the right is herein reserved. to make such changes as properly fall Within the scope of the appended claims.

Having described the invention what is claimed is 1. The combination with a pair of hoes v each including blade and handle, 0;? an euxiliarr handle, means for securing the hoe handles to the auxiliary handle e rocker bar pivotally mounted upon the auxiliary handle and means carried by the rocker bar and sliclingly engaging the hoe handles to permit of relative movement oi said hoe handles and. auxiliary handle,

2. The combination with pair of hoes, each including 21 blade and handle of an auxiliary hzmclie means for securing the hoe handles no the auxiliary handle and means carried by the auxiliary h ndle and including a pivomily mounted rocker bar and stirrups carried by the rocker bar engaging with the hoe handles no permit of relative movement of the hoe hendies and auxiliary ha'neiie. v

In testimony whereof I aliizi my signature.

CLINLTUN M. XVOLFE. 

